Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Predator-secreted sulfolipids induce defensive responses in C. elegans

  • Zheng Liu,
  • Maro J. Kariya,
  • Christopher D. Chute,
  • Amy K. Pribadi,
  • Sarah G. Leinwand,
  • Ada Tong,
  • Kevin P. Curran,
  • Neelanjan Bose,
  • Frank C. Schroeder,
  • Jagan Srinivasan,
  • Sreekanth H. Chalasani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03333-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Defensive behavioral responses can be triggered by predator-released odors. Here, the authors identified the relevant Pristionchus pacificus-released sulfolipid molecules and dissected the neural circuits underlying C. elegans response to this predator.